15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A Mixed Bag of Good and Horrible, February 5, 2012
This review is from: A Valentine from Harlequin: Six Degrees of Romance (Kindle Edition)
I liked the concept of several authors building a story upon one shared intro, unfortunately that opening wasn't strong enough to support many story lines. The first story by Nancy Warren is the best of the bunch and I rated it a solid B. Ms. Warren diffused the ungainly opening in a solid way and the story unfolded smoothly.
Catherine Spencer's entry did not address the shared opening very well. The heroine's picture is probably in a dictionary next to the word "gullible." I rolled my eyes to a C- grade.
Margaret Moore gave her entry a historical setting, but still stumbled on the shared opening. She employed the tried and true identical twins take, which was OK, but I was disturbed by the way a character's suicide was handled. I don't believe for a minute that a couple could move forward that easily with that event in the mix. I gave it a C grade.
Maggie Shayne's offering was strong and gave a plausible explanation for the revelation mentioned in the opening paragraphs. The story was fast paced, but the heroine bordered on clueless when it came to her family. I still gave it a B.
The final story by Michele Hauf was meant to be tongue-in-cheek. Unfortunately, I thought it was finger-down-throat. Let's just say zombie sex is not my cup 'o tea. This one got a D-.
Christine Bell's steampunk entry mentioned in the forward was not in my kindle version. That's probably a good thing because I can't imagine that she could have handled the premise better than the others before her.
In my opinion, give this one a pass.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
WHAT A GREAT DEAL, February 4, 2012
This review is from: A Valentine from Harlequin: Six Degrees of Romance (Kindle Edition)
SIX DEGREES OF ROMANCE is a collection of six novellas by six well known romance authors, and for only 99c. If you enjoy Harlequin romance novels, this is an excellent collection to add to your Kindle. I purchased it for my wife and she loved it, and I read them too..yes, I'm a guy. The stories are wonderful, the characters likeable, well-written, suspense and romance. Highly recommended.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Ms Bell may have had a lucky escape, February 15, 2012
This review is from: A Valentine from Harlequin: Six Degrees of Romance (Kindle Edition)
As noted by other reviewers, there are only five stories in the Kindle version. Christine Bell's steampunk effort is missing. Consequently, she may be the only author whose sales are not negatively impacted by this collection of poor and somewhat tasteless short stories.
I largely second Brenda Schmitt's review, two stars are about right although I wouldn't given any of the stories a grade higher than C.
The premise for this experiment was interesting but four identical opening paragraphs (not just one) were apparently too much to overcome.
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